This is a story of happy gnomes who have the ability to distill sunshine and bottle it in the form of milk, which they deliver around the village. The scenes with the gnomes are in reddish-orange and white. The forest nearby is inhabited by goblins and they are sad. Their scenes are all in blue-and-white. The goblins can't stand sunshine, because it makes them happy. They attack the gnome village, but the gnomes fight back by bombarding the goblins with milk bottles. Soon the goblins are assimilated and everyone is happy. Why milk? Well, the cartoon was "brought to you" by the Borden Milk Company. - The file was downloaded from Public Domain Movie Torrents.


This movie is part of the collection: Animation Shorts

Producer: Van Beuren Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Van Beuren Studios

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Reviewer: tim_oz - - June 16, 2010
Subject: Hail His Majesty the Sun
Liquid sunshine...hmmmmmm... :) :) :)

Reviewer: Meatpies - - April 1, 2009
Subject: Very early 3 strip Technicolor
If you look at earlier cartoons, you notice a profound LACK of blue. 2 strip technicolor (red and green) was the way things were done back then. It appears like once 3 strip (red, blue and green) came on board, this cartoon went crazy with blue, baby!!

Reviewer: doowopbob - - September 11, 2008
Subject: Got Milk?
Before Bordens Got Their Little Grubbies On It For Advert Title.....It Was Released To Theaters on January 11th, 1935. The Toon Was Animated By Burt Gillett & Directed by Ted Eshbaugh....After 18 More Cartoons (Parrotville,Toonerville Trolly. Felix The Cat & Molly Moos, ect) The Studio Would Close In 1936

Reviewer: Spuzz - - July 29, 2008
Subject: You gotta make your own sunshine..
Some gnomes, who spend the day bottling sunshine (good idea!) must battle the dark people (not racist!) who don't want sunshine at all. Interesting concept, insane songs. Maybe there's something behind this.. I don't know! But fun to watch nevertheless.